The identification of novel genes required for Drosophila anteroposterior axis formation in a germline clone screen using GFP-Staufen

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 4201-4215

  Martin, Sophie G ^a,b   Leclerc, Vincent ^a,c   Smith Litière, Katia ^a,d   St Johnston, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Teachers College   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d Cambridge Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bicoid; Drosophila; Microtubules; oskar; Polarity; Staufen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM LINE; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042829155     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00630     Document Type: Review

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